WEEKLY PICK-UP DATES

July 29

August 5, 12, 19, 26

September 2, 9, 16, 23

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BI-WEEKLY PICK-UP DATES

August 5, 19

September 2, 16

If you find you can't make it during normal pick up time, please let us know and we

can arrange a Friday visit. If you aren't feeling well, we can bring your share

out to your car. Just give us a call at 330-549-9408.

Swiss Chard

Beets

Beans

Turnip

Baby Carrots

Cabbage

Broccoli

Chives

Zucchini Bread

Flowers - including Sunflowers

Zucchini will also be available, if you choose to select one.

Number of crops ready and amount of harvest of a given crop will vary throughout the season. We will provide at least six items each week. If we have any crop issues, we will supplement with produce from other local farms. Some weeks will include value added items, such as Jungle Jam, Zucchini Bread, Fresh Basil Pesto, or even fruit we pick at "You-Pick" locations.

Beets are high in valuable vitamins and minerals. In fact, they contain a bit of almost all the vitamins and minerals that you need!

We had Swiss Chard several weeks ago, with two recipe suggestions. Here's a new one that is very summery. We would love to know how you have used your chard!

What comes to mind when you think of cabbage? Coleslaw. Pigs in a Blanket. Sauerkraut. Haluski. All delicious! But here's a recipe for a shredded cabbage salad you may not have tried.

You can eat carrot tops!!!!!

Did you know this???? I did not know this. In my 48 years,
I have never even considered that this was a thing!

From Garden Betty:

"You can eat carrot tops raw in salads, wilt them into soups, braise them with a flavorful roast, sauté the greens in a little oil and garlic with other vegetables, or stuff a few sprigs of carrot tops into sandwiches. I especially like carrot tops in a rich, meaty stew or sprinkled over lighter dishes as a garnish, the way you’d use parsley. (Carrot tops do make a decent substitute for parsley in a pinch.) The reason we don’t find carrot tops more often is because, even after they leave the ground, the leaves continue to draw moisture and energy from the root, so they’re removed to preserve the carrot. (Side note: If you grow your own carrots at home, always cut the leaves off after harvest and store them the same way you’d store salad greens.)"

Check out this fun carrot top recipe below...because you can eat carrot tops! Wow!

Here's a little story for you...Once upon a time, Common Ground and Goodness Grows got a new commercial range. The stove people had to come out repeatedly to get the temperature settings right. Then, one day, with great excitement, Goodness Grows baked zucchini bread to give to their good friends, the CSA people. Yay, zucchini bread! Alas, it was with great sadness that the intrepid bread bakers discovered that, in fact, the temperature issue had NOT been corrected. The lovely loaves of zucchini bread that they were so proud of were transformed into blackened bricks of misery. Luckily, Wise Princess Rachel had baked two extra loaves inside the opposite oven, where she was able to overcome the evil temperature settings. So, while our story does not end with a happily ever after, it does end with the good CSA people getting a small sample of this delicious zucchini bread as well as the promise of zucchini bread loaves to come in the future. The End.

Should you choose to have your own zucchini bread baking adventure, not marred by evil temperature settings, our recipe is below!